There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live. On Memorial Day, I don’t want to only remember the combatants. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. Maya Angelou ‘I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’. If silence is ever golden, it must be here beside the graves of fifteen thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem, the music of which can never be sung. 86651 likesAll Members Who Liked This Quote. Maya Angelou died on May 28th, 2014, in her. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. In late May 2014, Angelou passed away at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the age of 86. The brave die never, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Rather we should thank God such men lived. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them. The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.Ī hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. When I find myself filling with rage over the loss of a beloved, I try as soon as possible to remember that my concerns and questions should be focused on what. There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.Īs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words, but to live by them.įor love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.
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